"همچو" meaning in Persian

See همچو in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: [ham.t͡ʃu] [Classical-Persian], [häm.t͡ʃʰʊ] [Dari, formal], [häm.t͡ʃʰʊ] [Dari, formal], [ʔäm.t͡ʃʰʊ] [Kabuli], [ʔäm.t͡ʃʰu] (note: Hazaragi), [hæm.t͡ʃʰo] [Iran, formal], [häm.t͡ʃʰu] [Tajik, formal] Forms: hamčo [romanization]
Etymology: Apocope of همچون (hamčo, “such, like”) Head templates: {{head|fa|preposition|tr=hamčo}} همچو • (hamčo)
  1. such, as
    Sense id: en-همچو-fa-prep-5M1P8SOJ Categories (other): Persian prepositions Disambiguation of Persian prepositions: 50 50
  2. like
    Sense id: en-همچو-fa-prep-yrJkSCi8 Categories (other): Persian prepositions Disambiguation of Persian prepositions: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0
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        "such, as"
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          "such",
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          "as",
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          "english": "How, I wonder, shall I behold my own face,\nso as to see what complexion I have and whether I am like day or like night?",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 92:",
          "roman": "kay bi-bīnam rōy-i xwad rā ay 'ajab\ntā či rang-am hamču rōz-am yā šab",
          "text": "کی ببینم روی خود را ای عجب\nتا چه رنگم همچو روزم یا چو شب",
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      "ipa": "[ham.t͡ʃu]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[häm.t͡ʃʰʊ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häm.t͡ʃʰʊ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.t͡ʃʰʊ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.t͡ʃʰu]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hæm.t͡ʃʰo]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häm.t͡ʃʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "همچو"
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    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How, I wonder, shall I behold my own face,\nso as to see what complexion I have and whether I am like day or like night?",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 92:",
          "roman": "kay bi-bīnam rōy-i xwad rā ay 'ajab\ntā či rang-am hamču rōz-am yā šab",
          "text": "کی ببینم روی خود را ای عجب\nتا چه رنگم همچو روزم یا چو شب",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häm.t͡ʃʰʊ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ʔäm.t͡ʃʰʊ]",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.t͡ʃʰu]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hæm.t͡ʃʰo]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häm.t͡ʃʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "همچو"
}

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